There was mild drama this morning at the Kaduna state zonal office of the Economic and financial crimes commission after armed officers of the Nigerian air force stormed their office requesting the release of their colleague who was allegedly arrested for fraud related offence.
The soldiers, who arrived at the EFCC office in five Hilux patrol vans, surrounded the main gate of the commission, preventing the EFCC officials from entering or leaving the office, insisting that their colleague was illegally apprehended and must be released immediately.
Speaking after normalcy was restored, EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, confirmed that the commission decided to release the suspects upon completing its investigation and forensic profiling.
Oyewale explained that the release and handover of the suspects to their agencies was not done in line with the commission’s standard operating procedure, adding that the suspects would still be arraigned in court at the appropriate time, despite being released to their agency.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) released one serving officer of the Nigerian Army and seven Nigerian Air Force (NAF) operatives allegedly linked with Internet-related fraud.
